Mourinho has already confirmed that Eric Bailly will start alongside Phil Jones in defense, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan is likely to get some playing time against the club he left to join United last month. “We are going to challenge for every title”. I’ve spoken to him.
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“But I do think it will be one of those teams who will be champions at the end of the year”. “Yes, he is my captain”. But as I went through it I knew I was coming back.
Mourinho said that all players had to be assessed differently as to how much of a summer break they needed.
“I know him very well”. After opening its preseason, and the reign of Jose Mourinho, with a 2-0 win over Championship side Wigan on Saturday, the meeting with Dortmund begins a short tour of China, which will also take in a meeting with Manchester City on Monday.
United have reportedly had a US$113 million offer turned down by the Italian champions as they try to lure France global Pogba back to Old Trafford four years after allowing him to leave on a free transfer.
Still, it’s only an exhibition game so it is expected that both teams will not display their full aces yet.
“We were not with this old-fashioned idea of, “I don’t sell players to my direct competitors inside of my own country”.
Ibrahimovic hit 50 goals in 51 appearances for PSG last season and is viewed by Mourinho as the man to solve United’s goalscoring problems and help the development of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford.
“I fully expect it to work”.
“But he wanted to leave and my philosophy is I don’t want players that want to leave”.
“When I first did it, the first thoughts that went through my head were “am I going to play football again” and “how long am I going to be out for”, Shaw said. I am expecting him to do what he is doing now, which is to fight for a place.
“We were always a club – and are still a club – that when teams come to Old Trafford, they know they are going to be up against it and they know they are probably going to lose”.
Jose Mourinho appears keen to hold on to midfielder Juan Mata, insisting there is space for the Spaniard at Manchester United. However, having dashed Rooney’s midfield prospects in his first press conference as United boss and following an inauspicious showing at the Euros, it does feel important that he re-emphasises his importance to the club and to his plans moving forward.
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While it’s not clear what the Portuguese manager’s attitude to his former employers will be this season as he manages a title rival, videos like this make a very deep impression on supporters.
